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Food prices have jumped this year and there are few jobs, but out-of-work migrants can’t get to where they are desperately needed.

5,000 people are taking part in the trials.

Trials for a domestically developed QazCovid-in vaccine are not expected to be completed until March.

The government is eager to stress that the loan is all but interest free.

Travel bans, dams and Russian fans. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Numbers of coronavirus cases has seen a sharp surge recently.

Officials say Uzbekistan plans to produce its own vaccine when tests are done.

Overdue loans have increased by 10 percent since January.

Beijing is eager to show solidarity as the coronavirus pandemic rumbles on.

Parents are pleading for relief from their kids learning from home, however.

Confusion and contradiction are at the heart of the government’s counter-disinformation strategy.

Kyrgyz officials have drawn up a list of 31 countries from which people can visit.

Many in the territory blame the rising numbers of coronavirus cases on the authorities’ decision to open up to Russian tourists.

Officials concede their exhortations to maintain social distance have had little impact.

The territory's public health officials have warned against opening up to tourism, and the arrival of tourists has coincided with a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases.